City’s development squad continued their tough introduction to senior football with two more difficult away fixtures.

This is a young team but, with each game played, there has been a continued improvement and it was no surprise when they travelled to Horsham and gained their first league victory against the divisional leaders.

Two goals from Aran McCarthy and one from Dave Knight gave the Chips three long-overdue and well-earned points.

It was a very different story when City visited Redhill in the league cup.

Redhill’s first-team match fell victim to a pitch inspection and they played their title-chasing squad against City. Their experience and ability was just too much to cope with.

Despite the heroics of Cowell in goal, Redhill had scored eight before 30 minutes had passed. The home side were limited to one further strike in the first half and just four in the second.

There were bright spells for City, but manager Sean Forry put this down to - and as an - experience.

This Saturday the Chips travel to East Dean for the second round of the Sussex Intermediate Cup.